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Can a collective noun use a singular or plural verb form? In some cases, collective nouns can take either singular or plural verbs. But it depends on which form of English you are using. The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language. When is there a choice of verb…
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How many Kindle ebooks are on Amazon? There are now well over 12 million Kindle ebooks on Amazon. I have been tracking the number of ebooks on Amazon for many years now. You can check my most recent update here with my latest formula and results. Tracking ebooks on the Kindle Store The number of…
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When potential book buyers start looking for a new book to read, they often begin by using Amazon search queries. This is why you need to know how to use Amazon keywords. Amazon product search results are based on search keywords and the product description or your book description. You want your keywords to appear…
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New authors have many avenues to publish a new book, but you should always be very careful with your book rights. At the top of the list of options is traditional publishing, with the five big publishers and their numerous imprints. Then follow medium and small press publishers. There are also hybrid publishers, micro-publishers, vanity…
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Can you dumb down text so your writing is suitable for an 11-year-old to read and understand? If your writing isn’t scoring a reading grade down at that level, then perhaps you might want to read on. There’s a fine line between dumbing down and opening up your writing to a wider online readership. But…
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Your manuscript is finished. It is off to your editor, line editor, proofreader, or beta readers, so you wait? No way. You’ve got a lot of work to do. Here are seven essential tasks you can work on while your finished manuscript is in the hands of others. You will be so busy that you…
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If you’re an aspiring or published author, you probably know that building an author platform helps you reach more readers and sell more books. But what exactly is an author platform, and how do you build one? The starting point is creating a blog or website, but there many more parts to it than that.…
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Today’s book market gives power to readers, even the not-so-nice ones who post mean or nasty book reviews. Before the Internet, readers had little opportunity to review books. You could only find book reviews in newspapers or on the back cover of books. But times have changed. Nowadays, every reader can have their say about…
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We live in a world of streams of data. You would think it should be easy to access book sales data to find out where your book sales come from. But the truth is that it is next to impossible. No, I’ll rephrase that. It is impossible to access book sales data apart from raw…
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Ebooks are price-sensitive, so what is your Kindle ebook pricing strategy? If you have set your ebook selling price and not changed it since you first published it, perhaps it’s time to take another look at your list price. If book sales are not rolling in the door for you, it’s probably a good time…
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